The Irish standard., 1887-07-02
INTERESTING VARIETY.

MELTED butter retains its purity and
flavor; melted oleomargarine smells like
tallow and produces scum.
AMERICAN manufacturers may justly feel
proud Of their reputation for turning out
honest work, both as regards material and
execution.
A PICTURE Of "John the Terrible" after
killing his son, lately exhibited at Moscow,
was said to have been so realistic that its
effect upon a lady visitor caused her death.
In all the extent of this broad fair land
where is the man, o, where is he, who can
give Us the dimensions of that latest,
largest rattlesnake withoutringing in that
'tand button" on us2
THB recent decision of New York
Judge, that cornering was a crime, must
have been the outcome of an experience in
going cross lots where the fences were
high and cow horns plentiful
AN artesian well sunk at Northampton
Mass, by a silk manufacturer, is 2, 40 feet
deep, the deepest known in this country.
The boring has been through sandstone,
and has been in operation tor two years.
CHEESE PuDD1NG.-Grated cheese and
bread crumbs; saturate this thoroughly
with boiling milk and add two we'll beaten
eggs; place in a saucepan over the fire
and stir till the cheese melts. Serve at
once in gre ased pie dish.
YANKEE TURNovERs.-One pint flour,
salt, one-half teaspoonful baking powder,
and a teaspoonful butter; mix with milk,
roll thin, cut in saucers, put in apple
sauce, cover and pinch in the edges care.
fully; fry in hot fot and serve with cheese.
''BAa AND BAaaAeE'' is doubtless pro.
;o1 ooio ;,,p o,s6 fa IA
ments of an army. Touchstone says in 'sAs
You Like It:' ..Come, shepherd, let us
make an honorable retreat; though not
with bag and baggage, yet with script and
scrippage." The way in which the phrase
IS used shows that it is well-known one,
and the joke turns on that fact.
A WOUND in a cows foot caused by
nail penetrating the sole Of the foot should
be enlarged by cutting away the horn and
any blood or pus in the wound let out.
Then foment the part with hot water, in
jecting some into the wound with a syr-
inge. Finally, inject a little tincture of
myrrh and bind the foot in a cloth to keep
out the sand and dirt. Do this daily; a
few days will remedy the injury.
HOME V1NEaAR.-Make sirup in the
proportion of gallon of water to each
HONAANAo ~sAA~
to each quarter of a pint of yeast. Keep
the liquor at from seventy five to eighty
degrees Fahrenheit for two or three days,
then rack it off from the sediment into
the ripening cask, where an ounce
of cream tartar and one ounce of
crushed raisins for each gallon is mixed in.
When it is free free from any sweet taste
draw it off into bottles and keep closely
corked.
BRRAK1AsF RoLLs.-Grate two cold po-
tatoes at night, add some salt, a little
sugar, little hot water to slightly warm
the potatoes. Then add half teacup OF
yeast, shaking it we'll first In the morn.
ing put small piece of lard in frying
pan and pour in a pint of milk. When it
is warm then add the yeast; make it into
sponge; when light make it only mod
erately stiff with -four; let it raise again,
we'll out, and cut into round cakes;
fold one side partly over the other, greas-
ing between with butter melted, AMI when
light again bake for twenty minutes.
THEY say big head is great thing,
and the saying has been verified by a Cali
fornian, the father of large number of
children, who not long since conceived the
novel scheme of utilizing the physical
force Of his numerous offspring. He dug
a well upon his sand tract for the purpose
of furnishing the constant irrigation re-
quired, put in a pump and to this geared a
beam to be turned by an oscillatory motion
To this he attached swing, and telling his
children to swing as long as they wished,
he thus provided motive power sufficient
to throw large stream of water and rem
der his ground fertile and productive.
WooD-sHAv1Nas prepared by special ma
chinery have been introduced into Ger
many by America. Since it's Introduction
this article has become popular, and shaw
ings are now made in eight different sizes,
from the broad, coarse quality to that as
fine as wool. Coarser qualities are used
insteal of straw or paper cuttings as
packing material, whilst the finer quail
ties are used as stuf1ing for the cheaper
class of furniture, and the finest for hygi.
enic purposes, instead of lint Intermedi-
ate sorts can be used for the cleaning of
machinery, in substitution Of cotton waste,
and also for fiitering purposes.
Co1oRED prints and muslins require very
careful washing in two soapy waters (no
soap beng rubbed on them), and rinsing
in clear, cold water. In washing colored
articles there are great mum her of ways
by which the color may be preserved in
9uCn do d10 AAdOAO W AcOOs VVA OuAos SAoySS
or any very delicate colors, tablespoon
full of black pepper to a bucket of water
will settle the color. If boiled. in vinegar,
black cotton goods will never loose their
freshness. Ok gall is also excellent to pre-
serve colors, and is particularly useful in
washing delicate-tinted stockings. All
colored goods should be hung in the shade
to dry.
A STRANGE story of human sacrifice
comes from the Madras Presidency, says
a Malras correspondent to the New
York Times A woman was supposed to
be possessed with devil Her father
consulted an exorcist, who said that
human sacrifice was necessary. Accord
ingly one night her father, the exorcist,
and five or six others, met, and after some
religious ceremonies sent for the selected
victim. He came without suspecting
and was piled with drink till he
was senseless, when his head was cut of,
and his hlOOd mixed with rice was offered